Devoted & Disgruntled: Artists Against Admin

We the undersigned believe in the power of action. We believe in the present not the future. We believe that constantly thinking about the future changes the nature of our present action and will no longer deal in future tenses.

We will delete all requests for plans, plots and deals.

We will filter out all demands for a bureaucratically filled package of work.

We resist all contractual contras and petty form filling.

We abhor the mission statement and the tag line.

We dismiss all notions of quantification.

We hereby declare and restate our intent on action and action only.

From this moment our only intention is : to think about and make work.

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A discussion about how to create a genuinely safe and open atmosphere in improv classes from the first class someone takes.
How do we protect students from potentially harmful experiences which can arise from the rigidity or literal interpretation of 'Yes, and' ?

These are notes taken as Guy Hartnell shared about the Oogly Boogly project, where performers improvised with babies by copying their movements and sounds, while the babies' parents watched. It took place inside a large inflatable venue. The notes were taken by Catherine Ryan.

This was an experimental workshop combining the work of Frank Torino and Richard Coaten who met on the pavement on the way to Day 4. I discovered Frank had an interest in mental health and in improv work with theatre students in Denmark, mine was in how carers of people living with dementia might benefit from having access to improvisation and its role in maintaining their resilience, quality of life and relationship with their loved ones...meta theme - great link made between Franks' You Be Me'

Jolie (produces “tourette's hero” and “backstage and biscuitland”) described her path to becoming a producer. Having met many freelance producers eg at Edinburgh she says she hears similar stories from most of them. She became a producer by accident.

Part of the Fringe Central Programme for Fringe participants. Artist, technician, venue staff or audience member – you’ll know the pains as well as the joys of the Fringe. This is your chance to help make the Fringe work better for the very people who give it reason. You. Bring your own questions and ideas – you set the agenda and nothing is censored. An open space – come for as much or as little as you want.

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